Pennell Erik, Pecson Iris, Nakamura Craig, Galvis Alvaro E
Children's Lung Specialists, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Las Vegas, NV, USA.
IDCases. 2018 Nov 27;14:e00474. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2018.e00474. eCollection 2018.
Mucormycosis is a relatively rare, life-threatening and opportunistic infection that affects immunocompromised patients. We present the unusual case of pulmonary mucormycosis in a 13-year-old Caucasian female that had recently been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Our case serves as an example to healthcare providers treating immunosuppressed patients with pneumonia to have a high clinical suspicion for fungal infections, as delay in diagnosis and treatment can result in disseminated disease and higher patient mortality risk.
毛霉病是一种相对罕见、危及生命的机会性感染，影响免疫功能低下的患者。我们报告了一例13岁白种女性患肺毛霉病的不寻常病例，该患者最近被诊断为1型糖尿病。我们的病例为治疗免疫抑制患者肺炎的医护人员提供了一个范例，即对真菌感染要有高度的临床怀疑，因为诊断和治疗的延迟可能导致疾病播散和更高的患者死亡风险。
